Device for producing alterations in the movements of valves.



P. KIND.

DEVICE FOR PRODUCING ALTERATIONS IN THE MOVEMENTS 0P VALVES.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 30, 1911.

WITNESSES:

AURHIS 0-,PHOfO-LITl-IO L A rHNom supporting member f is preferably mounted to turn on a, fixed supportsurroundmg the "Toall'whom'it may conch/m tween :the i and the ya smarts Be it known that I, Pii'o o- KIND, ofTui-in, "Italy; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Producing Alterations in" the l\![oveii1ent's"df Valves, of: which tlie t'ollowing 'is 'a full',-clear, and exact descriptioni 'li- {""T" f "The iuventionrelatesto that'class of de-: vices for producing alterations in the timsj of movement of distributingvalves in power engines in which the valvesfor'controlling the introduction andfevhau'st ofthdmotiveagent are actuated from a distributing shaft "by means of, a" cam or eccentric and the object of the invention" to provid'ehhovel;

mechanism for-this purpo .t i iiY" i a; @The present invention consists employ-Z jing' with la member whichectsfuponfthe valve, and which has" a I "curved icontact a fa ce, of afsecond member adapted to dis-i placed on? the periphery of i rye c'entric on a distributing .shaftg 'and'fwhichfbyg contactwith difi'er e'nt portions or, the fcon-j tizCt Slllfil-CG of the firstmember c'auses'the latter to assume different positions which; correspond to alterations, suspensions and reversing of the openingpha'ses ofthe dis-, tributing valve. I

A practical embodiment or the invention is illustrated in the -accompanying drawings forming apart Of this "specification in: *1 -f'j Figure l is' 'a, view showing the invention as applied to the valve of an, engine; Fig. 2 isa similaro' view, the parts: b i g s wn n" rnttposai n; a d, Fig. 8 is a similar view showing the device actuated by the'camt'o open the valve; sdistributingshaft 'w is 'employedgwhich is drivenf from the engine; the valves off which are to be controlled, the distributing fsha ftibein'g provided with a cam a adapted toact uponthe intermediate member I). A

distributing shaft, and is provided with -a guide or housing in which theintermediate member 6 is adapted to re'cipr0,'cate. The member f may, however, if desired, be' mounted directly on the distributing-shat? on -a support and. has a contact surface"- formed with a cavity or depression and projecting portions at the ends of the cavity.

ataaa-i gils, $12514.

Application filed Dece-mber 30; 191 11,; sem noj 668387. --Z l *Themember dis heldby-its spring with its "Contact surface in engagement with the end of the intermediate member In thddrawing a 'pivoted' 'member" is "shown engaging the stem of the valve to be "contrfolled, and'the'inember d has an arm a'dapted to engage s'aidpivoted member to move the v'a'lve' to open the same. The valve is normally held closed by shown) It "will be readily understood that "by: the "mechanisnr shown, the transmission "of motionfi'om a rotating cum to the'valve stenr'of an engine can be effected, altered a spring (not and interrupted as desired. By adjusting thersupporting member f the intermediate distributingmeans the, intermediate member 7) comes in contact "with the or depressed portion of the contact surface e, so that the valve stem Cannot be actcdiipon even though tliecam '(l iofjtheidistributing shaft acts upon the intermediatemember Z). .If the supporting member f isturned so that the intermediate member 7) comes in contact with a pro ect1n,g

'port ion of the surface a, the va-lvestem will acted upon when the cam a acts upon the: intermediate member I). v porting member f be rotated further in the same'directi on', then by a corresponding If the supshape of the contact surface an increase or a diminution-in the-admission duration,

mei'ribenb'IiIiay-"b'e "caused tof'c ontact with different portions? of thefc'ontact' surface. 10. As the memb erib" contacts wiurmdre or less projecting portions: 'of the contact surface, themember dammed more or less by the eans-strate ies 'a greater ('ir'less' duration" of the "t-ime'f ofvalve "opening is produced, and ntereter by the displacement of l the 'iiieiiiberjb on the periphery of the cam" or eccentriddifi'erent modifications 'of-the lis tributing'pha'se's are produced. Therevers- Ting epemtam' fot the "takes place similar manner. ilt the supporting member f is placedin the central 'or stop'position, 1.) then as well ia s'hn increasci'orla diminution in i the t iiue 'of{starting the admission are ob- -tainedixglfthe supporting member f is rotated vin another direction from the central or; stopposit-ion, then the corresponding 7 distributingphase takes place for" the in- I erted-engine action. 10. A-' springpressed member "(l is pivgted iar'g angle of work, as for instance, the 

